Steel-wool holder



Jan. 6,1931.

STEEL WOOL HOLDER Filed June 4, 1929 INVENTQR Thomas Cah'n H T. CAHiLL1,788,187

ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 6, 1931 mm TA i P i:

" moms cAnILL, ornmmonn, PENNSYLVANIA, jA'ssIGivon r0. Nnwmon a mnomrsonZwool holder for the pmpose of preventing such injury, and the primaryob ect of the that in each case the holdenconsists ofa i STEEL-WOOLHOLDER Application filed une 4, 1929. sem n. 368,354.?

I. This invention relates to a holder for steel vvool, and moreparticularly to such a holder fornuse' in scouring cooking utensils andthe like.

Steel wool or like abrasive material is emi- "'nently suitable forscouring cooking'utensil's,

but is very annoying, if not actually dangerous, tense, owing to thetendency of the steel wool fibres to prick into the hands of the user.

It has heretofore been suggested to use: a steel present invention is toprovide a diiierent form of steelwool holder which is better, sim pier,and cheaper than other'steel wool hold- 1 ers'now known; My inventionmay utilize some or all of such elements as a handle, a prop tectiveflange or apron for protecting the 'hands'of the user, fastening meansfor holding a body or pad of steel wool on the holder,

"and a projection or. buffer-for preventing the 1 fastening means fromscratching'or otherwise injuring the surface being cleaned. ,Thefastening means, in accordance with my present 5' invention, consistsessent ally of book means positioned around the projection orbuifer,and-preferably of jho'ok means "extend ng -'-,spirally around theperipheralwall of the projection or buffer.

ere 'th' b'a fmdnventionis'td ro-- 1e 0 P iwalls oftheprojection B. Thehookis-held to the body of: the holder by a relatively vi-de a verysecure'grippmgactionuponthe To the accomplishment of the foregoingandsuch; other objects as willhereinafter ap f pear, my inventionconsists in theholder and fastening elements, and their'relation one tolithe other, as hereinafter are more particularlyjdescribed in thespecification and sought to be defined in the claims. The specificationis;

;. accomp i byza dra ng'i which -F ig.;1 i's an elevation of one formofmy invention;'; v

- li. s; .lfig.i 2 is a perspective viewgof thesame Fig. 5 is-asectiontaken form of ,theinvention with thepadof steel wool removed; I .7

i Fig. 3 isa partially sectionedelevationof a modified formoftheinvention; 1

Fig. 4 is a bottomview thereof;v-

in the plane of the Fig.6 is a bottom view ofa modified hookarrangementguiandi Fig. 7 is an elevationthereof, the apron ing removedin bothFigspB and Z.

line 575 'inFig. 3-;. holder having a Q]; mmacrunme COMPANY, or BRANDON,ynnmoivr, ,A conrom'rron "or vnn- Referring to the drawing, it willrbeseen i body .member having a handle. .A. at one end thereof,aaprojection or buffer B at the other end thereof,a flange or apron Cintermediate the handle A and: theiprojection B, and fastening means Dfor anchoring, a body .orpad of steelwool E to the holder. In general,the

fasteningmeans consists ofione ormore hook elementsdistributed aroundand outside'of the walls of' theeprojection or buffer;

Referring now more particularlytothe form of the invention illustratedin. Figs. 1 and 2 .of the drawing theihandle' A, projec-.; v tion-B, andflange-G, are all formed integrally :out of a single-body ofmaterial,preferably, a "moderately hard rubber,.while the fastening means Dconsistsof a spiralspring wirehook Which extendsaround but is spacedfrom the straight portion 2 ofthezhook wire, only'one end thereof being:visible, which straight portion is fitted in v a 'ltransverse ordiametrical e, hole drilled through the'projection or. buffer B near thelface-offthe flange ;C. In theparticular case here shown the spiralhook, isone ,andNone-half turns in length, but this, ob

,viously, may be varied; a

a iFigs. 3,4, andj5 illustrate a modification of it [the inventionw-rthemanufacturing. cost {of -Which;;is greatly reducedvrby. making :the 1apronC separately from-the body member ofthejholder. Thelatter'in thiscaseis pref-i erably turned out of wood, and consists of I 1ahand1eA atone extremity thereof, a prorzjection or buffer B at the othenextremity.thereof, and a recessed portion: 4 intermediate :the handleiandprojection. -..An apron C,

which preferably is an annular disc of flexible rubber,;is pulled overthe handle A and plied-thereto directly and over aconsiderable Workingarea. l.

I The fasteningemeans in thismodificatlon 1 vcomprises a bentl springWiref'lhaving "9 straight portion 6, Whichprefera'bl'y is reciprocablymounted in a diametrically drilled hole 8 in the projection, and aspiral'hook portion 10, Which extends aroundthe circumferential wall ofthe'projection for 'ap-' eproximately, one turn. il he reciprocabihty ofthe hook is indicated by therbroken line position lthereofrshown iinFig. A; The Wall of the buffer is ;g;rooved,rastat 12, in order todistributed gripping-action on theiabrasive pad. When. the ihookisnfirst turned into the 5 help the hookzhold' thesteel wool.

The fastening means is suitably bent; and mounted to obtain averyeflieotual and evenly pad of steel wool the end; ofthe hook tends tospring away from the vwall; of the :projecmtionwjor bufiere; When :thehook has been *turnedabout half a revolutionzinto the steel wool, thestraight portion 6 slides. within the ppening LS permitting the hook .toassume a position somewhat as is indicated in the U willbe'sprungjQutWardly. I:his permits a .zconsiiderablebody :of steel/wool:to be caught between the ihookuand the :walliof the :proj ection. .Asthe rotation of thevholderiscom pleted the :body of steelwool initiallycaught tsb'etween the *hookgand the projection tends to 1 force the hookhack to :the position shown in full linesythereby gripping thelste'elwool tightly at the opposite portion of the peripheryloi' theprojec'tion.- From another View "ferried form,; many changes and -n10dfications zpoint, zit vmay be :stated that the 're'ciprooable 1matically itothat compromise yposition which .inounting of .therstraight portion 6 in the hole '18 permitsfithe hookitolrea'djust itselfauto- 'finsunesthexmostieven distribution of pres- 1811178iOILthBiStEBkWOOl; 1'

Attention iisvnowdireeted to the modificastion of theinvention:illustrated-in :Figs. 6and :7; aInthese .illustrations thefiange or apron V G has vbeen omitted,- but :it will be understood :thatin actual use such :an apron may be .slipped overithehandleA and jontothe re- 'cessed portion 43in aimanner similar-to-thatf employed Mwitlithe preceding modification.

The presentlform of theinvention' difiers r from that already described:in employing two semi-circular: hooks and 522, formedat 7'toppositeien'dsof.astraight portion 241i Here toothe straight portionis preferably-made? V: reciprocable in the transverse diametrical'hQlGIQfizOf the projection or bufier B, thereby permittingthe two hooksto readjust themlsel-ve'sigfor a most even grip on the body of the.centerportion of the pad. 7.:

If jthe hook has anumberof; turns,;as ing 35 lithe first modification;.described, it may, be rzdrawn somewhatdeeply into. the-steel wool pad,as is indicated by the dotted lines Fig.

i A holder iic'oris'tee'l' v 'flangedhandle, a cylindrical projectionproj ectin g on the side of said: flange opposite the handle; and spiraljwire hook 'in'eans post 'tion'ed circumferentially around'thefprojecsteel Wool. As before, the device is prepared It should beobseryed that all @11 of the informs of the invention the fasteningmeans includes one or, more hook means positioned "outside of the end ofthe holdeij, ,andtha tthe end ofthe' holder is preferably"made tdconstitute a projection which projects"'beyond thefastening means inorder to prevent the latterfrom scratching the surface being scouredWhen the'pad of abrasive material becomes considerably Wornv away, Also;the walls .of ,the projection form an abutment against which thefastening means clamp. the

1;, Even if this bringsthe end of the'hook compressed, and; the spiralhook -Willj'likewise be compressed nearerito,theface ot the :fiange,ancltherefore he brought, ithin the end of, the projection or buffer.,The latter;

of course, ismade at least sulficiently long vto -hrokenlinesrexceptzthat theipoint ofithe hook accommodate the spiral hook henthe latter holder will for the, most part. be apparent from-theforegoing, description. It willgbe understood that any pad may be. usedas well as steel Wool,; for any kind. of polishing .or v finishingoperation, as Wellgas for {scouring-.

It w ll a e ppare ttMt While 'ljiha shownandgdescribedmy invention inthe pr ebelow-the face 7 of the projection ,no damageyggo sis-apt toresult because during usethe pad-is may be made in the structuredisclos'edwitha w f l qo s meat i rdl sp fr m the end of and; positionedaround the projection, the projectionfpeyenting'fcontact of the hooktionr-q v 7 V f 3. A *ho lderfoi steeliwool -comprisinga "flangedhandle, a cylindrical proj ection' projecting on the side of saidfiangeopposite the ihandle, andspiral wiirehook meanssspaced from the end ofand positioned circumferentially around the projection, the projectionpreventing contact of the hook means with the surface being abraded.

4. A steel wool holder comprising a body member, shaped to forma'handlea't one end of the member and a projection at the other end ofthe member, said member being reg cessed intermediate said handle andprojecend of the member, said member being recessed intermediate saidhandle and projection, a disc-shaped protective apron fitted into saidrecess, and wire hook means extending spirally around said projection.

6. A steel wool holder comprising a body member shaped to form a handleat one end of the member and a projection at the other end of themember, said member being recessed intermediate said handle andprojec--tion, a disc-shaped protective apron held in' said recess, and bent wirefastening means comprising a straight'portion passing diametricallythrough said projection and a hook portion extending spirally aroundthewall of said projection.

Signed at New York, in the county of New I.

York and State of New York, this 31st day of May A. D. 1929..

' THOMAS CAHILL'. V

